[Arm-netbook] Git newbie question

[lkcl luke]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Gerardo Di Iorio <arete74 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 2012/7/24 Marco Caminati <spam.caminati at yahoo.com>
>>
>> Question regarding github: what's the difference between
>>
>> - the source tree obtained via `git clone' commandline and
>
>  If you clone the git repo, you have all history of branch  with zip you
> have the zip
> of all  files of branch, without history.

 ... and also if you find a problem, and would like to contribute it
back to other people, you are now a bit stuck.

 and, also, if you want to "update" at any point in the future, with
git you would just go "git pull" and it will *only* pull in the
differences (additions) that have been made - including all history.

 but if you wanted another update with a "zip" archive, well... you
are forced to download... yet another complete and full archive.

 zip is very crude and for one-offs, but it just depends on your needs
and plans and anticipated level of interaction with others.

 l.